[62ohm]

  NZ dollars?

 
 

   
HD800 cost $2000 in NZ?

 
 

   
New Zealand I suppose.
 

NZD	USD

1.00

0.83

2000.00

1652.40

 
More or less the same...

 
 
Yes it's in NZD
 

  NZ has 15% GST too

 
talk about overpricing stuff

 

[Ashade]

  NZ has 15% GST too

 
I suppose 2000 NZ$ is the final price. %15 GST is not that bad though, Spain has 21% for example.

 

[Nomax]

Glad to see you are still around Nomax. 

My only concern is how K812 compete with K1000

the k1000 was in the 80's!You will see THIS New flagship can compete in all ways with the k1000 reagards nomax

 

[Acix]

the k1000 was in the 80's!You will see THIS New flagship can compete in all ways with the k1000 reagards nomax

 
The K1000 price was around $600 new back in the day.

 

[Blackmore]

Back to 1990 they were USD 1000 = DEM 1500, a lot of money.

The K1000 price was around $600 new back in the day.

 

[mercuryknight]

   
The K1000 price was around $600 new back in the day.

 
$600 in 1989 >= $6000 today

 

[cans4dessert]

isn't tax included in the price in NZ?

 

[62ohm]

  isn't tax included in the price in NZ?

 
yeah that's what makes the outrageous prices... It's not the most expensive, but it is still more expensive than US

 

[davidsh]

 

The K1000 price was around $600 new back in the day.

$600 in 1989 >= $6000 today

Not even close..

 

[Blackmore]

As far as I know, transportation, the import tax over imported value ( include transport ) and importer margin are the most significant parts in the price determination and then retailer margin and local VAT. Also, differences in currency value, say between EUR and USD or else, play a part, as they try to cover every possible lost they may be facing on the market.

 

[GREQ]

 

 

 

The K1000 price was around $600 new back in the day.

$600 in 1989 >= $6000 today

Not even close..

It's more like $1100-1300

 

[DefQon]

Ok been away for a little while….
 
Quote:

  Pre-ordering for K812 in NZ has begun, and to my surprise it actually costs more ($2,100) than the HD800 ($2,000)... interesting

Yikes, glad Aussie prices ain't like that with a big GST on top.
 

   
I'm amazed the HD800 is still held in such high regard on head-fi. Combination of high price setting and consumerism has lead most people to believe "more expensive is superior". Then turn around and need to perform one of many mods to it, and add distortion in the audio chair (by tube amplifiers) to have a headphone where the treble doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. 

Can't tell if serious. The HD800 will and continue to be held in such regard due to the fact that there are no other headphone within and near it's price category as neutral as it is (excluding the K812 as no official comparisons and impressions exist). And no expensive does not mean better nor superior, frankly I don't even know where you pulled that out of as it is completely unrelated to my previous post. Your last sentence made me grin a bit, look around, it applies to every headphone, every type of transducer not just the HD800's, no perfect headphone exist on the objective scale of FR measurement.
 

   
The K1000 price was around $600 new back in the day.

The K1k was never $600 new back in the day, the K1k did in fact sell for $500-600 almost a decade ago here on headfi and ebay. We're talking numbers less than 2.
 

Back to 1990 they were USD 1000 = DEM 1500, a lot of money.

+1, indeed it was.

 

[Sorrodje]

  The French seem to like things fine. Fine dining, wine, clothing.......So I'm surprised that I don't see much french folk into fine headphones. Or maybe I haven't looked hard enough. 
 
Any of you guys from France?

 
There are many french people on this forum ... we're stealth

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[LugBug1]

Bonjour! 
 
(ok I'm from uk, but I learned a bit of french at school. Unfortunately I've never needed to use it. Until now... Bonjour! Je Mange une banane!! Monsieur! Le Autobus! Avec Noir!! Je nu se qua!!!!) 
 
 
*Cough* ok getting serious again. I bet that if the HD800's were being released this month they would be priced more than £1000 now... And everyone would be blown away with them. Apart from that pesky peak! 

 I think that they are still relevant and will be for a long time to come. 
 
But I'm as hopeful as most folks here that we at last have a nice alternative with the K812.

 

[PiNa.cz]

  But I'm as hopeful as most folks here that we at last have a nice alternative with the K812.

It is a shame (at least for us with balanced gear) that they can't be balanced as easily as HD800.